Denise Linke

Some of the contractors hired to work on the city's upcoming water system upgrade must be female- or minority-owned businesses, the City Council decided this week. Aldermen unanimously approved an...

The Batavia City Council on Monday selected the aldermen who will get first crack at ruling on plans to build a waste transfer station in the city. Onyx Waste Services...

Children in the Prairie Trails South subdivision soon will get to play in a neighborhood park that their parents helped design. The City Council this week approved plans by the...

Salvation Army bell ringers have struck gold for the fifth year in a row, as 16 rare gold coins have turned up in Geneva kettles so far this holiday season....

The Village Board last week approved spending $19,500 on a long-range traffic study--with two developers picking up the tab. Kirk Corp. and Pulte Homes, both of which are planning to...

A special census completed last month could pave the way for a sales tax increase in the spring, the City Council was told this week. Preliminary results released last week...

The Batavia City Council this week approved a 40 percent hike in the city's water and sewer rate effective Jan. 1, with a 15 percent increase in 2005 and a...

The City Council voted last week to put a 6-month hold on development applications for banks hoping to build Randall Road offices. Mayor Jeff Schielke requested the temporary ban to...

The Batavia City Council took another step toward creating a citywide geographic information system this week by voting to buy $28,000 worth of survey equipment to map buildings and utilities....

The Village Board this week approved construction of a rail station and an extension of the Metra West line from Geneva to Elburn, 13 years after the project was proposed...